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millenary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun millenary has 3 senses
- millenary(n = noun.time) millennium - the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it); Array is a kind of anniversary, day of remembrance
- millenary(n = noun.time) millennium - a span of 1000 years; Array is a kind of period, period of time, time period
- millenary(n = noun.quantity) Array - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years); Array is a kind of 1000, chiliad, g, grand, k, m, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard
has parts: century
Adjective millenary has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
millenary, a. [L. millenarius, fr. milleni a thousand each, fr. mille a thousand: cf. F. millénaire. See Mile.].
Consisting of a thousand; millennial. [1913 Webster]
millenary, n.
The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a Millenarian. Hare. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
millenary, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a period of 1,000 years.
2 the festival of the 1,000th anniversary of a person or thing.
3 a person who believes in the millennium.
--adj. of or relating to a millenary.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a period of 1,000 years.
2 the festival of the 1,000th anniversary of a person or thing.
3 a person who believes in the millennium.
--adj. of or relating to a millenary.
Etymology
LL millenarius consisting of a thousand f. milleni distrib. of mille thousand
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